TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: September 11, 2018
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Anne Molgaard
PHONE:
463-7885
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Rachel Ebel-Elliott
PHONE:
463-7836
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Solutions West in the Amount of $450,000 to Provide Medi-Cal Case Processing for the Period of October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with Solutions West in the amount of $450,000 to provide Medi-Cal case processing for the period of October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee to sign any amendments that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
February 6, 2018, Item 4(q), BOS Agreement No. 18-014
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
As a direct result of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Mendocino County has experienced a Medi-Cal caseload increase of 195% from January 2014 to present. Additionally, 47.5% of eligibility positions within Employment and Family Assistance Services of the Health and Human Services Agency are vacant. This has resulted in a reduced capacity for processing of Medi-Cal requests for County residents. Efforts to increase the number of eligibility staff, the long-term solution for this problem, were supported by the recently-completed classification analysis recommending a salary increase for eligibility workers. On August 7, 2018, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution finalizing a change in classification for eligibility staff (from Eligibility Workers to Eligibility Specialists) along with a corresponding salary increase.
Pursuant to the proposed Agreement, Solutions West will continue to provide temporary staffing to assist with the Medi-Cal caseload while the Health and Huma...
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